Thank you for a great morning.
"Finally, AI That Makes Sense" happened on June 10, 2026 at the Concord Chamber of Commerce.
More than a dozen local business owners spent the morning with me, and it turned into exactly the kind of session I hoped for: practical, hands-on, and full of good questions.
A roomful of curious business owners
I built this seminar for people who have heard endlessly about AI but never gotten a straight, jargon-free answer about what it actually does. More than a dozen owners showed up to get one, and the conversation was genuinely useful on both sides. I demonstrated real tasks live, fielded a lot of sharp questions, and watched several people have the "oh, that's what this is for" moment I was hoping for.
The five techniques from the session
These aren't tips - they're the habits that determine whether AI becomes a tool you rely on or one you try once and abandon. If you were there, here they are again for reference.
AI's default output is written for a generic audience. Two sentences of context makes it write for you specifically - your industry, your clients, your voice.
Every new session starts from zero. Load your business details once; every task you run from that session already knows who you are.
For anything longer than a short email: ask for an outline first. Catching a wrong assumption at the plan stage takes 30 seconds. At the draft stage, it takes 15 minutes.
The first answer is a starting point. Ask for three alternatives. Ask what the downsides are. AI has no ego - it will surface the problems you don't want to hear.
AI is sycophantic by default. Tell it to be direct. Tell it to push back. Tell it to challenge your assumptions before executing. One instruction turns off the flattery permanently.
Two quick things
Your feedback shapes the next session. It takes about two minutes, and it genuinely helps. Share your feedback →
If you only do one thing while it's fresh, set up a base chat with your business context (technique #2). It's a minute of work and it makes every answer after it better. Both ChatGPT and Claude are free to start.
Corey Klass
I'm a small business owner running my own practice in Concord. I spent 30 years working in technology - including corporate IT and operations - which is how I know which AI tools are actually useful versus which ones look impressive in a demo. I use AI every day, across every part of running my own business, and I've spent the past year helping other small business owners figure out what's worth their time.
If this seminar was useful to you, the natural next step is figuring out where AI actually fits in your specific business. That's what the Small Business Efficiency Checkup is for.
The first two businesses to book after the seminar pay $600 - not $750.
If you came to the seminar and decided the Small Business Efficiency Checkup is the right next step, the first two businesses that book will pay $600 instead of the regular $750. The offer is open to all attendees for two weeks after the seminar, through June 24, 2026.
There will be more.
I run these sessions regularly around the East Bay. In the meantime, the free self-assessment shows you where your business is losing time and money in about five minutes.